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Farrah Diebaa Bt Rashid Ali

Academic Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy in Language Studies - Doctor of Philosophy, Universiti Malaya (UM)
  • Master of Human Sciences (Teaching of English as Second Language) - Masters Degree, International Islamic University Malaysia
  • Bachelor of Human Sciences (English Language and Literature) (Honours) - Bachelor Degree, International Islamic University Malaysia
  • Diploma in Translation - Diploma, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka Malaysia & Persatuan Penterjemah Malaysia

Farrah Diebaa Bt Rashid Ali (Dr.)

Assistant Professor
IIUM Pagoh Campus

KULLIYYAH OF SUSTAINABLE TOURISM AND CONTEMPORARY LANGUAGES

Other's position:

Head of Department, Kulliyyah of Sustainable Tourism and Contemporary Languages

farrahdiebaa@iium.edu.my
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Area of Specialisation


  • Humanities ~ Humanities ~ Linguistics and Literature ~ Discourse Studies (Including Critical Linguistics, Text Linguistics, Mediated Discourse Analysis, CDA, Genre Studies, Genre Analysis, Conversation Analysis, Social Interactions Analysis (Macro and Micro), Semiotics) - Critical Metaphor Analysis
  • Humanities ~ Humanities ~ Linguistics and Literature ~ Corpus Linguistics - corpus linguistics and metaphor studies
  • Humanities ~ Humanities ~ Linguistics and Literature ~ Sociolinguistics (Including Language, Culture and Society, Language Change, Social Dialects, Regional Dialects, Multilingualism, Language Maintenance and Shift) - code-switching, code-mixing


Teaching Responsibilities


DISCOURSE ANALYSIS 2024/2025 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016
ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC WRITING (EAW) 2019/2020
FINAL YEAR PROJECT 2024/2025 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017
INTERNSHIP 2024/2025 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016
INTERNSHIP 1 2016/2017 2015/2016
INTERNSHIP 2 2016/2017
LANGUAGE TESTING AND ASSESSMENT IN ESP 2024/2025 2023/2024
LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT 2024/2025 2017/2018
MORPHOLOGY 2025/2026 2024/2025 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016
PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY 2022/2023 2020/2021
PRINCIPLES OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS IN ESP 2022/2023
SOCIOLINGUISTICS 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: ISSUES, POLICIES AND PRACTICES 2021/2022
SYNTAX 2020/2021 2015/2016
THESIS WRITING 2015/2016
USRAH IN ACTION 1 2024/2025 2023/2024 2022/2023
USRAH IN ACTION 2 2025/2026 2024/2025 2023/2024


Supervision


Influence Of Film Subtitles In Vocabulary Learning To Tanzanian Efl Learners.
Ph.D In Progress Main Supervisor
Analyzing Political Discourse On Social Media Using An Intercultural Rhetoric And Esp-Based Framework.
Ph.D In Progress Main Supervisor
Exploring Rhetorical Structure Of Ted Talks On Tourism: Resources For Teaching Oral Presentation Skills.
Master Completed 2024 Co-supervisor
Standardizing Speaking Assessments: A Comparative Analysis Of English Proficiency Test Rubrics.
Master In Progress Main Supervisor


Research Projects


Completed
2024 - 2025 PROBLEM BASED LEARNING IN INTENSIVE ENGLISH ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM: IMPLICATIONS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF EFL STUDENTS? LANGUAGE SKILLS FOR PERGURUAN DINNIYYAH PUTERI, SUMATERA
2022 - 2023 INVESTIGATING COMMUNICATIVE & CREATIVE APPROACHES, CONTENT, STRATEGIES AND RISKS FOR #SAYANGIMALAYSIA TOURISM CAMPAIGN
On-Going
2024 - Present English for da'wah at SMA Negeri Johor
2024 - Present Integrating communication skills in technical courses in TVET institutions in Perlis
2024 - Present Development of a Module to Improve English Writing for the Workplace for Administrative Staff at Kolej Universiti Islam Perlis (KUIPs)


Awards & Recognition


17 Dec, 2024 Anugerah Seri Gading (Kategori Penulisan dalam Jurnal/Prosiding) - Universiti Teknologi MARA Pahang University
13 Jun, 2024 Silver Award for "Engliah For Da'wah @SMKA Pagoh" Community-based Project - 5th University in Action Symposium, International Islamic University Malaysia University
13 Jun, 2024 Bronze Award for "Readquest@ SJK(T) Ladang Landaron" Community Project - 5th University in Action Symposium, International Islamic University Malaysia University
28 May, 2024 Best Paper Award for the paper entitled "Rape victim to marry their perpetrators: Representations of Muslim Leader and Other Participants" - 1st International Conference on Islamic Civilization and Culture 2024 International
27 May, 2024 Best Paper Award for the paper entitled "Representations of Islam and Muslims in the Corpus of Contemporary American English COCA" - 1st International Conference on Islamic Civilization and Culture 2024 International
18 Jan, 2024 Silver Award for "Read @ SK Tamil Ladang Lanadron: A Communiversity Programme" Community Project - 4th University in Action Symposium, International Islamic University Malaysia University
09 Aug, 2023 2nd Best Paper Award for the paper entitled " Differences in Media Coverage over Orlando Pulse Nightclub Shooting and Las Vegas Strip Shooting - 5th International Conference on Languages, Education and Tourism 2023 International
09 Aug, 2023 3rd Best Paper Award for the paper entitled "Representations of Male and Female lovers in Billboard top 100 Chart Songs" - 5th International Conference of Languages, Education and Tourism 2023 International
14 Nov, 2022 Gold Medal - International Virtual Education Design, Invention & Innovation Competition 2022 International
02 Feb, 2020 Best Teacher Award - Kulliyyah Of Languages and Management, International Islamic University Malaysia KCDIO
01 Jul, 2019 Top Blended Course 2019/2020 - International Islamic University Malaysia University
01 Jul, 2018 Top Blended Learning Course for Semester 2 2017/2018 - International Islamic University Malaysia University
17 Dec, 2010 Anugerah Penulis Harapan 2009 - Universiti Teknologi MARA Pahang University
01 Dec, 2010 Anugerah Khidmat Cemerlang - Universiti Teknologi MARA Malaysia University


Publications


Articles

2024 Rape victims to marry their perpetrators: representations of Muslim leader and other participants. Journal of Islamic, Social, Economics and Development (JISED), 9 (65 Special Issue) pp. 218-228
2024 Representations of Islam and Muslims in the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA). Journal of Islamic, Social, Economics and Development (JISED), 9 (65 Special Issue) pp. 197-208
2024 Representations of Malaysian female motorcyclists in online newspapers and magazines. Journal of Asian Linguistic Anthropology, 6 (2) pp. 20-36
2024 The politeness strategies employed by Asian and Western social media influencers. Insight Journal, 11 (2) pp. 430-441
2023 Collocational competence among Malaysian university students and their sources of errors. Journal of Islamic, Social, Economics and Development, 8 (55 Special Issue) pp. 349-361
2023 Helming Malaysia: Najib Razak's metaphors in Malaysian supply bills. Journal on Asian Linguistic Anthropology, 5 (1) pp. 1-21
2021 Treating and healing Malaysia: A Critical Analysis of Najib Razak's Metaphors. The Journal of Asian Linguistic Anthropology, 3 (3) pp. 19-48
2016 Investigating Mat Rempit's linguistic identity: assigning new meanings to standard Malay words. International Young Scholars Journal of Language (IYSJL), 1 (1) pp. 52-61
2013 ESL Learners' reactions towards code switching in classroom settings. Procedia- Social and Behavioural Sciences, 90 () pp. 478-487
2013 Language and culture in English for business purposes: noticing their importance through television advertisements. ESP Malaysia, 19 () pp. 27-41
Conference or Workshop Items

2024 Malaysian government's multi-vocational roles: a conceptual metaphor analysis. In: The GLOCAL Conference of Asian Linguistic Anthropology (CALA) 2023,
2024 New entrepreneur is premature baby: a critical metaphor analysis of Malaysian supply bills. In: The GLOCAL Conference of Asian Linguistic Anthropology (CALA) 2023,
2023 A New Entrepreneur is a Premature Baby: A Critical Metaphor Analysis of Malaysian Supply Bills. In: The SOAS GLOCAL Conference on Asian Linguistic Anthropology 2023,
2023 Code choice in online media: The case of Malaysia MUDA’s leaders. In: The SOAS GLOCAL Conference on Asian Linguistic Anthropology 2023,
2023 Code-switching in selected Malaysian celebrities’ instagram posts. In: 3rd International Conference of Research on Language Education (I-RoLE 2023),
2023 Differences in media coverage over the Orlando Pulse Nightclub shooting and Las Vegas Strip shooting. In: 5th International Conference On Language, Education and Tourism 2023,
2023 Helming Malaysia: Najib Razak’s metaphors in Malaysian Supply Bills. In: The GLOCAL Conference on Asian Linguistic Anthropology 2022,
2023 Representations of Malaysian female motorcyclists in online newspapers and magazines. In: The GLOCAL Conference on Asian Linguistic Anthropology 2022,
2023 Representations of male and female lovers in Billboards top 100 chart songs. In: 5th International Conference of Languages, Education and Tourism (ICLET 2023),
2023 Treating and healing Malaysia: a critical analysis of Najib Razak’s metaphors. In: The GLOCAL Conference on Asian Linguistic Anthropology 2022,
2014 Metaphor: window to the native speakers' mind. In: 3rd International Conference Language Learning Among Non-native Speakers,
2011 Code-switching: How ESL learners react towards it. In: Solls Intec 2011,
2010 Bridging inter-cultural differences through translation techniques: A case study on the translation of a Malay novel "Juara" into English. In: International Conference on Linguistics, Literature and Culture,
2009 Outcome-based education (OBE) in ESP course: evaluation and students' feedback and performance. In: 2nd International Conference ILANNS 2009,
Books

2017 "Juara" vs. "champion": translation of cultural elements. IIUM Press, ISBN: 978-967-418-538-1
2017 "Tepuk amai-amai" vs. "ride a cock-horse to shrewsbury cross": an analysis of linguistic features. IIUM Press, International Islamic University Malaysia, ISBN: 978-967-418-537-4
2017 Steve Jobs's technological battle. IIUM Press, International Islamic University Malaysia, ISBN: 978-967-418-528-2
2010 Speak English the right way. Penerbitan Daya Sdn Bhd, ISBN: 9789673283279
2009 Inter-faith dialogue: Quranic and historical approaches. Muslim Youth Movement of Malaysia, ISBN: 978-983-44681-2-5
2009 The goblins of English grammar. McGraw-Hill Education (Asia), ISBN: 978-983-3850-77-8
Book Sections

2023 Legitimising governance through vocational roles: A conceptual metaphor analysis of budget speeches. In: Springer, ISBN: 9789811953330, pp. 53-75
2023 Legitimising governance through vocational roles: A conceptual metaphor analysis of budget speeches. In: Springer, ISBN: 9789811953330, pp. 53-75
2020 A structural move analysis of everyday make-up routine Vlogs. In: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2020, ISBN: 9789672395836, pp. 113-142